Vapor face-bath



(NoJModel.)

H.H.H0GB.

. VAPOR PAGE BATH.

Patented 16, 1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I-IARRIET H. HOGE, PORTLAND, OREGON.

VAPOR FACE-BATH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 527,758, dated October16, 1894.

Application tiled August 24, 1898. Renewed September 24,1894. Serial No.523,986. (No model.)

To all whom I? may concern: v

Beit known that I, HARRIET H. HOGE, a citi zen of the United States,residing atPortland, Multnomah county, and State of Oregon,have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Vapor Face-Baths, of which the followingis a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, asa part hereof.

My invention relates to contrivances adapted to be used as a hot vaporbath for the face, or for inhaling hot medicated vapors.

To derive any beneficial results from either operation it is desirablethat the bath be en' dured, or the inhalation continued for aconsiderable length of time; but if the patient is compelled to breathethe hot vapors these soon become so stifling that it is impossible tostand it for any great length of time. I therefore conceived the idea ofproviding the bath with an air-duct, through which the patient will besupplied with fresh air from the exterior of thebath, which, while in noway interfering with the medicinal benefits to be derived from the bath,would enable the patient to endure lthe hot vapors for a longer time,and thus obtain greater benefits therefrom. With this object in view Ihave constructed an apparatus as shown in said accompanying drawings, inwhich` Figure 1, is a perspective view of my invention, illustrating themanner ofusing the same and Fig. 2 is a vertical section.

The reference letters designate the parts referred to.

My apparatus may be made of sheet metal, and I prefer to construct thesame in two sec' tions A, A', the' latter being a receptacle for the hotWater, and the former being intended to receive the head.

When using the bath the two iiaps, b, project over the patientsshoulders oneachside of the face and help to support a covering thrownover the patients head so as to inclose the vapors, the front edge ofthe covering resting on the shield, d, care being taken to leave thefunnel or mouth, e, of the tube, or airduct, f, uncovered. The saidair-ductf leads from the exterior to the interior of my' apparatus, andthe same may consist of a fun,- nel e, secured in the front wall of theupper sectionA, a rubber, or other flexible tube f, attached to theinside end of such funnel, and a mouth-piece f ,provided for theconvenience of the patient, he holding the same in his mouth when usingmy apparatus as a face bath. The mouth of the funnel may also beprovided with'some means as a piece of silk, linen, or sieve of iinemesh, to ilter the air entering through said air-duct.

Both of the sections, A, A', are adapted to be put together, the rim ofthe lower section,

the interior of said case A, said air-duct being provided with aiiexible tube and suitable mouth piece, attached to its interior end,and with means for iltering `the air entering through it, and the saidreceptacle and upper case being respectively adapted to be put together,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in thepresence of two witnesses. y

HARRIET H. HOGE. Witnesses:

LUOIAN EAvEs,

T. J. GEIsLER.

